BATTLING LIKE YOU SAY, AND THE GAME FOR OVERTIME. AND THEY'RE 15 MONTHS FROM PLAYING THEIR FIRST GAME. THE JACKSONVILLE TEAM HAS MORE TO ACHIEVE IN THE HORIZON. AND THEY HAVE TO DETERMINE WHERE THE TEAM WILL PLAY AND WHAT THE UNIFORMS LOOKS LIKE AND A POTENTIAL MAJOR SPONSOR ON THE JERSEY AND I ASKED WHEN THEY WOULD UNVEIL THE TEAM NAME FOR THE SPORTS FRANCHISE. AND WHITTLED DOWN TO A SHORT LIST AND WE'RE AT THE ONE. AND WE'RE LOVING A ONE AND TRYING TO TALK OURSELVES OUT OF THE WIN JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT. WE'RE THERE AND WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT. AND YOU STARTED OUR FIRST IN A SERIES OF TOWN HALL MEETINGS LAST MONTH AND HOW DID THAT GO AND WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO GET FROM THESE TOWN HALL MEETINGS? YEAH, I THINK IT WENT EXCEPTIONALLY WELL AND WE HAD 75 OR SO PEOPLE THERE, YOU WERE THERE, IT WAS GREAT AND WE WANT TO ENGAGE WITH FANS AND HEAR THEIR THOUGHTS AND ANSWER SOME OF THEIR QUESTIONS, AND SOME MIGHT NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT AMERICAN SOCCER OR THE NORTH AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE AND WE'RE TRYING TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. YOU MENTIONED THE TEAM NAME. UNIFORMS FOR THE KIDS AND ALSO, WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY THE OTHER TWO TOPICS THAT COME UP. WHERE ARE YOU IN THOSE DECISIONS? WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PLAY, SO, THAT WILL PROBABLY COME NEXT FOLLOWED BY HEAD COACH, FOLLOWED BY THE KITS. AND HOPEFULLY THAT JERSEY SPONSOR, THAT'S A HUGE PART OF THE KIT. WE HAVE A FEW JERSEYS ON THE WALL AND IT'S ABOUT THE XBOX ON THE JERSEY, BIGGER THAN ANYTHING, BIGGER THAN THE TEAM NAME ON THE JERSEY. PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE, THIS IS A SMALL-- THIS IS A MAJOR SPORTS ENTITY. LEAGUE, A BIGGER DEAL THAN SOME PEOPLE THINK. I THINK SO AND I THINK THEY'LL GET IT THROUGH TIME AND A BIG PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND THEY NEED TO BE INVOLVED. AND THE COMMUNITY SETS THE TONE AND THE STADIUM AND CREATE THE EXCITEMENT. IT'S THEIR TEAM. IT'S THE COMMUNITY'S TEAM AND THERE'S SOME GREAT CITIES WHO REALLY SET THE BAR HIGH AND PUT THAT IN THE MATCH AND THEY'LL

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -

The new Jacksonville professional sports team begins play in the North American Soccer League (NASL) in 2015. There are some milestones to accomplish before then, including unveiling the team name, settling on a home field and designing the team logo and uniforms, known as kits.

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They'll also be announcing the team's first head coach and first players in the coming months.

Team owner Mark Frisch is from a longtime Jacksonville family, so he knows the kind of impact that the team can make in his hometown. Although the team won't begin play for another 15 months, Frisch is looking forward to those milestones.

In December, the team hosted the first of a series of town hall meetings to inform the community and start connecting with soccer fans and fans who want to know more about the game and the team.

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